Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Chicago Photoblogging

Hot Food is Free in Lawndale
Lawndale church, Chicago, Illinois

My photoblog was just listed as one of 20 Awesome Photography Blogs--Chicago. I'm flattered especially since I have trouble with the image downloads on that site and they tend to lose much of their sharpness. Thanks to Rick of I Love Photo Blogs. As anyone who reads here much knows I love taking pictures of Chicago. I feel I can never run out of material!
In fact, one of the only reasons I look forward to the onset of winter and bad weather is that I can get back to taking shots of some of the less safe neighborhoods. Call me chicken but I have to wait until the drive by shootings calm down for the year. Just this week a high school student at my son's school was held up at gun point at 8 PM on a Sunday. I love the south side but it has its moments! This isn't the only recent incident and I am keeping a closer watch on my kids than normal. The colder weather tends to keep the bad guys and the good guys indoors more.
I'm off to work in a few minutes but when I have the time I will check out the other 19 Chicago photoblogs. I've learned a lot about my adoptive home town from other photographers.

6 comments:

Eric Allix Rogers said...

Heh, I feel the same about cold weather. I don't like having people in my photos, and I don't like taking photos when people are out and about and watching me. I picked the wrong day to go to Altgeld Gardens this weekend...it was gorgeous out, and there were people everywhere glaring at me!

p said...

well look at you! congrats on being listed in the 20 awesome photography blogs. NO SMALL FEAT. I'm so impressed!!!!!

i love your chicago pictures, i love your city pictures, i love most of them, even the stupid birds!

Larry said...

Congratulations! That's quite an honor! It's nice that you like photography and are always interested in finding more subjects.-You definitely have the eye to capture interesting photos.

JL said...

I will never call you chicken, although I do worry about you doing that sometimes. You know that.

Your photos richly deserve the accolades. I've told you that before. Maybe now you'll believe me/us?

We had a guy jump out of his car after a chase, and run across a parking lot and leap through a McDonald's drive-through window in the process of taking an order, and hole up in the PlayPlace tubes, where the police had to pepper-spray him.

So my daughter's favorite PlayPlace is sort of shut down right now.

Cheers!

Rayne said...

I didn't even know you had a photoblog! It's fantastic. Totally deserving of many awards. You are truly a talented photographer.
I know what you mean about the drive-bys. When we moved to Omaha I had no idea the crime was so bad. I had the same thoughts as every one else. A little, corn-growing, podunk, pseudo city. I couldn't have been more wrong. Shootings every day. Gangs are at all points on the compass. It just seems to be getting worse every day.

Anne said...

you deserve it!